Tomorrow is the 111 year anniversary of the Great 1906 Earthquake. Everyone knows about all the damage in San Francisco, however, up here on the North Coast we had some major damage also. The ridge line I live on is 5 miles from the San Andreas fault. We are on the side that is not moving North.

Logging of the huge redwoods had been going on for about 40 years and what was taken first was all the low hanging fruit. All of the "perfect" trees were cut and the logger's left a bunch of big trees that weren't worth taking at the time. Of course after the quake pretty much all the big trees were taken for the rebuilding of the city. However, there are a dozen or so big trees around here that I have found while hiking and riding that are quite interesting. They all were broken about 100 feet or so up and have branched out over the years. These trees are 8-10 feet at the butt and there is one I've found that is 14 feet. We call it the BFT. I just figured that they were broken when they were falling trees in the area. Well, truth be known, they were broken/snapped from the force of the quake.

As the fault comes back inland around 10 miles north of here there is a redwood stump on the fault that was sheared in half from the fault movement. There is 20 feet distance between the stump halves. We have a trail that we ride that crisscross' the fault and the landscape totally changes on the fault line. It's kind of spooky.

For some reason I keep forgetting to chime in on this thread (damn you Hotties thread!). These sheared trees are really cool. I can only imagine what it must have been like to see all those trees swaying like crazy during the quake. I also like the pics of your little neck of the woods norton. Thanks for posting!

Yes, this is very interesting. I dig stuff like this. And sweet convertible!

In fact it is not so strange. This is how they get the bananas to you in the first place.When they reach the destination, they use what they call a "provocator", which is simply a ripe banana. Once exposed to a ripe banana, the ripening process starts.

It's been with ripe bananas and it just won't turn! Normally I never have problems with green naners ripening up in a day or two but this is just plain ridiculous.I just checked it and its still as green as an Orion woman and hard as a rock.

In fact it is not so strange. This is how they get the bananas to you in the first place.When they reach the destination, they use what they call a "provocator", which is simply a ripe banana. Once exposed to a ripe banana, the ripening process starts.

Magura

I really like this.Often referred to as a protagonist, or a provocator.From now on, y'all can call me ripe banana.

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